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Man Arrested Following Fatal Sports Car Crash In Ventura County

The driver of a sports car is facing vehicular manslaughter, and a felony DUI charges following a crash in Ventura County which left a man dead.

Ventura County Sheriff’s deputies say Josue Arturo Hernandez was headed southbound on Rancho Dos Vientos near Via Bonita in Newbury Park Sunday night when he lost control on a curve, and smashed into two trees.

The 19 year old Mission Hills man escaped with minor injuries, but his passenger in the sports car, Zachary Crook of Newbury Park, was fatally injured.

Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral.